The Kaduna State Government has sacked the General Manager of the Community and Social Development Agency (CSDA) has been removed.
Education Secretaries of all the 23 local government councils in the state have also been relieved of their appointments.
A statement from Sir Kashim Ibrahim House disclosed that the personnel adjustments take immediate effect.
The statement Governor Nasir El-Rufai has approved the appointment of Saude Amina Atoyebi as the acting General Manager of the Kaduna State Community and Social Development Agency (CSDA).
She will combine this responsibility with her role as head of the State Social Investment Office until a new GM is recruited for the CSDA through a competitive, advertised process.
“Saude, who joined the government in 2015 and has served as Senior Special Assistant
(Administration) to Malam Nasir El-Rufai, was appointed in 2019 as State Focal Person
on Social Investment.
She most recently secured the approval by the Kaduna State Executive Council for the state’s Social Investment Policy.
“Saude began working for Malam Nasir E-Rufai in 2012 as a researcher for his acclaimed budget series. She served as secretary of the Finance sub-committee of the 2015 Kaduna State Transition Committee before her appointment as the governor’s
Personal Secretary and Senior Special Assistant, Administration.
In these roles, she has provided support for the running of the Governor’s Office and has sometimes covered the duties of the Principal Private Secretary.
“As Saude Amina Mohammed, she graduated in Economics from ABU Zaria, close to her Wusasa roots, before taking a master’s degree in Advertising and Marketing from Coventry University, United Kingdom.
She has attended the Harvard Kennedy School Executive Education Programme on Adaptive Leadership and the Agha Khan University’s Voice of Leadership programme.”
The statement added that the sacking of the education secretaries is in furtherance of the efforts to deepen education reforms in the state, adding that they are to hand over to the most senior person in their departments.
